Tag: Disinformation
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Transparency required: is Facebook’s effort to clean up “Operation Carthage” damaging free expression in Tunisia?
“Operation Carthage” has revealed attempts to leverage Facebook to influence elections in Tunisia and countries in Africa, and the company disabled accounts without explanation. We’re demanding answers.…
12 June 2020
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Human rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to cease restrictions on internet freedoms and digital rights
In a joint statement, rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to lift restrictions on the right to free expression and stop curtailing free use of the internet — especially during COVID-19, when such restrictions risk human health.…
19 May 2020
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Access Now lanza las Recomendaciones para los estados para combatir la desinformación y defender la libre expresión durante COVID-19
El mundo ha estado luchando contra la enfermedad del coronavirus (COVID-19) desde finales de 2019 y con el avance de la pandemia, se dio en paralelo un crecimiento de la desinformación y el discurso de odio relacionado al tema.…
6 May 2020
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Access Now releases “Fighting misinformation and defending free expression during COVID-19: recommendations for states”
We have identified practical examples and promising practices to support policy makers in respecting human rights while developing measures to address disinformation and misinformation during the COVID-19 crisis.…
21 April 2020
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Tunisia’s Parliament on COVID-19: an initiative to fight disinformation or an opportunity to violate fundamental rights?
Tunisia is showing the power of civil society working together to counter dangerous regulations that might otherwise harm human health and damage democratic freedoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
1 April 2020